The money has come from a £25 million capital funding programme and, the trust said, would be used “to renovate and enhance privacy and dignity in the labour wards”.

Women in labour at both hospitals currently have to leave the privacy of their birthing room to reach shared toilets and bathrooms via a public corridor.

The trust’s acting chief executive, Chris Adcock, said: “This is money to invest in the infrastructure and fabric of maternity units.

“We will be using ours to modernise and refurbish our birthing rooms, including the much-needed addition of en suite facilities, which will vastly improve the privacy and dignity of women on our labour wards.”